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These microchip enabled cards have been the standard in other parts of the world for quite a while, but the US was slow to catch on. Now the major credit card issuers are putting new rules into effect that require merchants (that’s you business owners) to upgrade to chip card terminals. Thursday October 1st is when these new rules officially go into effect.

Today I'm going to give you my honest review of Freshbooks Cloud Accounting. Freshbooks is cool because it combines the power of project management (including time tracking), invoicing, and expense tracking.

Often in life, and especially in business, we have to learn to delegate. We shouldn't have to do it all! This has nothing to do with not being capable, you are very capable. This is about setting your priorities to focus on the things you love doing and delegating the things you don't.

I received an email last night from an Etsy seller who had an interesting problem regarding a pre-paid debit card. Pre-paid cards can be very useful for a variety of things, especially budgeting (we'll save that for another blog post). In this case, she has a special...

Now that I run Whaley Bookkeeping & Tax I have a dedicated business bank account, and have had it since the beginning (give or take a month). It has been such an asset to my business and I'm very glad I did it early!
But the big question is why? Well, there are a few reasons why you should have a separate business bank account.

Probably the most popular cloud accounting company I work with is Wave. And why is it so popular you may ask? Because it is FREE. Yes you heard me correct, a completely free bookkeeping program. When it comes to accounting solutions for small businesses I think Wave is one of the best.

Before working with Melissa. I was pretty clueless about filing my taxes as a new freelancer, so pretty much everything — bookkeeping, taxes, accounting, etc. I feel like I have personally benefited immensely because of the new knowledge I have of taxes and bookkeeping. In turn, my business has definitely benefited. I am making steps towards improving my bookkeeping so that tax season doesn’t feel like the apocalypse. It’s ok if you don’t know what you’re doing! Melissa is definitely great at helping!

Alexa Burrel

Alexa B. Creative & Design

As a freelance designer/artist/photographer, my biggest frustration has always been tax time!!! And pretty much all things accounting/finance related… (besides actually making money, of course)! You make it easy to ask questions, learn, and go at a pace that is digestible. I feel like we’ve been friends for a long time every time we talk and I enjoy every single meeting!